British Association for Supported Employment

Employer Engagement

Free session on making employer calls

30/09/21

Audrey Bodman will be delivering a free 90 minute training session via Zoom on Thursday 7^th October and it's all about making new calls.

This training session is aimed at those within the employability, skills and social care sectors who might be new to making calls to employers or have never had any training. It’s definitely a refresher for those who have worked with Audrey before as she’ll be going into more detail on tips previously shared via webinars, tips or within the Facebook group.

National Disability Strategy published

28/07/21

The Government has published the long-awaited National Disability Strategy. It follows a consultation that was strongly criticised by disability campaigners. It is published on the DWP website rather than by the Cabinet Office which led development of the strategy.

The strategy contains a range of proposals covering education, employment, housing, transport, leisure and access to services.

Transition to Employment Toolkit

Topics:

Autism, Transition, Employer Engagement

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Guidance

Ambitious About Autism has produced a Transition to Employment toolkit that aims to support more autistic young people to carry on into further education, employment or training.

It has been developed to support those working with autistic young people to understand their needs and help them onto the job ladder, or into further training or education.

ETF tender for 6 new SEND mini hubs

21/05/21

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is tendering for six new providers to become mini-hubs for best practice around engaging with employers. The hubs will work with the three existing centres of Excellence; Derby College, Weston College and City College Norwich to develop best practice in engaging employers.

The invitation to tender goes out on May 21 and £30,000 will be available to each provider, who will need to be Ofsted grade 2 or above and working in the north-west, north-east, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, London or the south-east.

Integration of disabled people into the competitive labour market

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Employer Engagement

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Research

This paper explores 25 literature reviews and experimental studies on interventions that (could) successfully lead to the integration of disabled persons into the competitive labour market. In spite of the wide scope of health conditions and background characteristics of disabled persons, it is able to identify several ‘incentive boosters’:

(1) work modifications and employer support;

(2) empowerment of, and interaction between the disabled person, the family (in case of severe disabilities), the employer, and other stakeholders;

Business case for employing people with a learning disability

Publisher:

Charities

Topics:

Recruitment, Learning disabilities, Employer Engagement

Year of Publication:

2017

Type:

Guidance

Mencap has published a guide for employers outling the business case for employing people with a learning disability. The guide is based on a literature review by Dr Steve Beyer.

Valued in Public

Publisher:

Valuing People Now

Topics:

Learning disabilities, Employer Engagement, Valuing People Now

Year of Publication:

2005

Type:

Guidance, Easy read

The Valued in Public document offers guidance to the public sector about recruiting people with a learning disability.

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